Thursday, 26 Sep 2024
Housing Fair
The Housing Fair is designed to help students or members of the Ames community find their home away from home. See options from local property managers, Department of Residence and others, learn about tenants' rights, and find other resources.
Seed Saving with the Ames Seed Library Pop-Up Seed Exchange
The Ames Seed Library is a community resource that offers free vegetable, flower, fruit, and herb seeds to empower people to grow their own food and build relationships through gardening. Learn about collecting seeds from examples in the Anderson Sculpture Garden and take home pre-packaged seeds from the Seed Library.
Workshop: Git basics for absolute beginners
Git is a version control system: it tracks and manages changes to your files over time and allows you to include explanations for each change. This workshop will introduce you to Git - how it works, its benefits, and how to get started -- by learning and practicing the basics. This workshop is for anyone that works with plain text data and code but requires no prior knowledge of Git. You will need a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer to participate.
Emily Dickinson at the County Fair: The Land Grant College and the Birth of Agricultural Capitalism
A specialist in U.S. literature from 1850-2000, Maria Farland taught at Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Wesleyan Universities before accepting a permanent position at Fordham University in New York City. Her forthcoming book, Degraded Heartland: Antipastoral, Agricultural Reform, and the Rural Modern in U.S. Literature, 1840-1950 (Johns Hopkins UP), is a history of ideas of rural backwardness in terms of antipastoral as a literary...
Museums After Hours: Hispanic Culture Night
Join University Museums for a celebration of Hispanic culture at the Brunnier Art Museum! Explore Latin American cities in virtual reality, practice your Spanish language skills, and eat some sweet treats from various Hispanic cultures.
Tribal Land Management: Balancing the Triple Bottom Line of Environmental Stewardship
2024 Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture Dr. Serra Hoagland (Laguna Pueblo) works for the USDA Forest Service Research & Development branch as the National Program Lead for Tribal Research. She focuses on building local, regional and national partnerships with tribes and intertribal organizations, mentoring students in natural resources, and conducting research that is relevant to Native communities. As the first Native American to...